Åke Edwardson (born 1953 in Eksjö in Småland) is a professor at Journalisthögskolan in Göteborg, and one of Scandinavia’s most successful crime writers. Edwardson has had many jobs, including a journalist and press officer for the United Nations.
Ake Edwardson has won several awards for his writing, including the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award three times:
- 1995 Till allt som varit dött (won the prize for best Debut novel)
- 1997 Dans med en angel (introduced Erik Winter)
- 2001 Himlen är en plats på jorden
His first novel to be translated into English, in 2005, was Sun and Shadow. The second, Never End, followed in 2006. See also the bibliography.
Several of his books have been made in to television movies in Sweden.
